Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-17
FuRNITURE.raCrOnY BURNED.
Toier & sons establishment Near
Manchester. Destroyed by Fire.

Last night about 10y oclOch cOulh De
seen from the streets Of Richmond BRIT
liant light in the direction OF Manchester,
indicating that the rayages OF fire were at
work i'm our sister city. The darkness ot
the night caused the flames, as they rose
with almost incrcdulous speed, to illumi-
nate the sky IN all directions.
To locate either The point or distance OF
fire at night Is exceedingly difficult. and
that trouble was experienced in this i'm
stance. From the dispatch Office tue re-
Election q the light appeared 10 indicate
that the fire was either In the Dlnyille
shops. Just east Of the south side OF
the Free bridge, or somewhere In that immc-
ditte locality; at Ninth and Man IL ap-
pearcd to be nearer the Petersburg shops
or at the tanDery Of A. ID. ShOtwell Co.,
higher up the Petersburg road, in Nan.
chester; higher mp town il could be Clearly
seen that II was up IN Swans sb0rO'. The
radiant light attracted the people all
over both Richmond and Manchester, aud
IN the former hundreds OF persons resOgted
to exposed points to obtain glimpse.
At the corner Of Ninth and Main streets,
from where very good view could bp hid,
there vas n large gathering, while Ninth
SiIeet all the way 10 the bridge was alive
bridge aud not few wenhed their W -
onward until the scene Of the frc was
reached.
A representative Of the DlSpatch, iH
company with brother OF the press. TOOK
a cab and hurriedly drove over to the spot,
and, to their gTelt strnrise. found that ia"
fire was outside the corporate limits of
Manchester. II proved TO he the large fur.
niturcfactory and. tImberdres,ing e''ab.
li,hmont Of Toler d 500, situated square
above Cloplon street aud halfway between
the Hull street pike and the River road, I'm
Cbcgerfeld, a bali-mi'e beyond the cOrpo-
rate limits Of Manchester.
Mr.. TOltr. in conversation with the Dis.
patch reporter, said that he was unable To
give the origin Of the FIRE. but supposed il
caught from the engine-roOm, aS when IL
was first seen the nimeS were rushing olt
OF window 10 this room. He and biz
family had retired and were all asleep.
when they were aroused by cries OF fire.
lie hurriedly put on part Of his clothing.
and rushing out 20 see what WAS the mat
ter, discovered the blaze whipping around
The back corner Of the factory.
There was an immense crowd prcseu, in
tie shortest time imaginable. and wiling
hands with buckets Of water were soon
battling with The flames. The building
was inliimmablc, rs were the contents,
and the ilie made rapid inr0 ids anl
swept along with greu rlpility.
The Manchester Alert FIRE Company, o..
soon n the alarm was sounded, took our
the hOob-and.lGddcr. hose. and hind-engiuc
and started for the tine, but gave no the en-
gine, which they were convinced would be
Of no benefit TO them there. and hurried on
with buckets and feE ladders.
Aithoueh valiant and heroic work wa
done all efforts 20 check the rushing fllne.
proved futile, and the bull ling and con.
tents were soor heap OF ashes. Mr.. TOlcr',
residence was but thirty feet distant from
The factory. and the wind was blowing dl-
recty towardlt; yet 10y herculcin effort, 1t
was saved without dAmrgc. Nearly
everything was taken ont OF il, 80 certain
was every one that il, too, would be- a we
tim OF the destructive element. one could
see To pick Up a pin long way of. and
sparks shoTeTCd down on the T0O,> oi
hOu,c> several squares distant.
The building was two story frame
structure JSXG0 feet, and lad but rcceutly
been enlarged. II contained abo-t = 0no
worth Of ncWly-madc furniture, Including
forty NaIdrObcs Just completed ye.terdi y,
AZ Il q, many safes finished a few DAYS aga.
Tie cnginc-Toom ia brick structure lG<3J
'cCt, and j, iu,i in rear 0I the main Dui!.-
ing.
Nr. To.er c,'im1lcS hj> To-, -bIildilg
and c1ntCnt.-a, from 5000 to $1,000, oI
Nhica bc has near $4,000 insurance. /!
was unable last night. in the excitement o.
The moment, 10 give the exc; amount o. 10
say with what companies II j. placed eX.
cppt that he has large policy in lhe
Virginia Fire and Marine. one Of ta'
bcaNio losses will bc that of stopnige d1-
ring TIE time OF reLuiding. Nj. 1oier and
his son are both enterpri'ne aud wor'hy
business men, ard VIII, u soon n. po,~iplr.
have everything in working orccr again.